Matt McCusker

Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of social media platform X, offered to pay the salaries on Saturday.

I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country.

President Trump said he would love it if Musk paid the agents' salaries.

I think it's great.

Let him do that.

The offer from Musk was also warmly received by lawmakers.

But then here's the problem is.

No, I don't pay them.

Right.

John Fetterman said the offer was incredibly generous in his response to the post.

TSA agents across the country are relying on food, pantries, and community donations just to get by.

DHS officials told House lawmakers Wednesday that over 480 airport screeners have quit since the beginning of the shutdown and that the agency is expected to lose $1 billion in missed paychecks by the end of this week.

Dude, Timothy Mellon, heir of Mellon Banking, shout out Pittsburgh, donated $130 million to pay the military during the 43-day-long government shutdown from October to November.

But what's crazy is...

this could be a trap because then you're letting kind of X or Tesla become this privatized, you know, because now you're kind of privatizing airport security.

Whether you realize it a little bit or not, you're saying, okay, we'll let him pay these salaries.

Then he comes in and says, well, how about this?

Why don't I just, why don't,

Tesla does manage airport security.

Yeah.